Knowsley District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Knowsley District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03108844). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Knowsley District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.2m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Knowsley District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateway Ministries (£1.2m), Citizens Advice Kensington and Chelsea (£1.2m) and Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £655k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.